CRANFIELD AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£21K
+13.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£892K
+36.8% vs 2024
Employees
38
-7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£240K
+136.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- CRANFIELD AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITED 2017-03-07 → present
- NOVASWIFT VENTURES LIMITED 2013-06-03 → 2017-03-07
- SUDBURY HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED 1994-07-25 → 2013-06-03
- CRANFIELD TRADER LTD 1987-09-18 → 1994-07-25
- CRANFIELD CAMPUS TRADER LIMITED 1987-07-03 → 1987-09-18
- ALTMORE LIMITED 1987-04-10 → 1987-07-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,046,242 | £2,130,000 | |
| Operating profit | £88,164 | £223,882 | |
| Profit before tax | £101,532 | £239,710 | |
| Net profit | £101,532 | £239,710 | |
| Cash | £18,137 | £20,576 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £652,149 | £891,859 | |
| Equity | £652,149 | £891,859 | |
| Average employees | 41 | 38 | |
| Wages | £1,570,191 | £1,557,731 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.58x | 5.03x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that in preparing the financial statements they have taken into account all information that could reasonably be expected to be on the ability of the company to continue in operation. On this basis, they consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The company has received a letter of support from the ultimate parent undertaking that it will provide assistance during the 12 months from the financial statements being signed should the directors require it.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSCOMB, Cassie Louise | Secretary | 2017-03-01 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Robert James | Director | 2018-09-25 | Jan 1974 | British |
| BAMPTON, Joanna | Director | 2017-03-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| SIBBALD, Ian | Director | 2017-03-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYNES, Jonathan Keith | Secretary | 2008-10-29 | 2017-03-01 |
| MACIVER, Alasdair | Secretary | 1998-07-28 | 1998-10-01 |
| MCCOMBIE, Stanley Thomas | Secretary | — | 1993-12-15 |
| SEARS, Richard Alan Charles | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2008-10-29 |
| WOOD, Richard Roland | Secretary | 1993-12-15 | 1998-07-28 |
| ASPINALL, Philip John | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2024-10-30 |
| BATE, David Harry | Director | 1993-07-20 | 2002-11-29 |
| BROWN, Alexander, Professor | Director | 1994-10-12 | 1999-05-19 |
| DUNN, Helen Rachel | Director | 1994-10-12 | 2000-06-08 |
| ELSMORE, Stewart Arthur James | Director | 2012-04-04 | 2017-03-01 |
| FRIEND, Clifford Michael, Professor | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2015-10-15 |
| GILL, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2012-10-03 |
| GILLIBRAND, Angela Helen | Director | 1999-01-20 | 1999-10-01 |
| HARTLEY, Frank Robinson, Professor | Director | 1993-07-20 | 1994-10-21 |
| HEWETSON, Michael John Tooth | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2013-05-31 |
| HOWARD, Robin Ivan | Director | 1994-10-12 | 2013-05-31 |
| LOFT, Philip John | Director | 1993-07-20 | 1994-10-21 |
| NAND-LAL, Rama Warren | Director | — | 1993-07-20 |
| TAYLOR, Trevor, Professor | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2009-05-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranfield Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+4.1%
£2,046,242 £2,130,000
-
Cash
+13.4%
£18,137 £20,576
-
Net assets
+36.8%
£652,149 £891,859
-
Employees
-7.3%
41 38
-
Operating profit
+153.9%
£88,164 £223,882
-
Profit before tax
+136.1%
£101,532 £239,710
-
Wages
-0.8%
£1,570,191 £1,557,731
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers